Mask with Nosering

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Mask with Nosering
Date300 BC–1200 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions3 5/8 × 4 × 1/2 in. (9.2 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2518
Not on view

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ProvenanceKen Klassen, Burnaby, Washington, before March 15, 2001 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least March 15, 2001–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on March 15, 2001.

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